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New York's attorney general on Monday pledged $3.5 million from criminal and civil forfeitures to help outfit police statewide with thousands of bulletproof vests.

The number of shootings in New York City soared 97% from 777 in 2019 to 1,531 in 2020, and murders jumped by 44% from 319 to 462, the New York Police Department found. NYC'S 2020 SHOOTING SURGE ...

The measure is intended to help shield police from ambushes like the one Saturday that resulted in the point-blank killings of two New York City police officers who were sitting in their patrol ...

New York state will soon receive more than $800,000 in federal funding to purchase thousands of new bulletproof vests for police officers across the state, according to U.S. Senators Charles ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --A new bill introduced to City Council on Monday would require the city to provide new bulletproof vests for New York police officers. Councilman Mark Levine, who sponsors ...

The Police Foundation first began giving cops vests in the 1970s, a time of fiscal crisis for New York City and a period when officers were being shot at, said foundation CEO Susan Birnbaum.